President Donald J. Trump has been talking about tariffs for a very long time, even as a businessman back in the ’80s. Back then he lamented that the US was being hard done by Japan, with all the Japanese cars and VCRs that Americans were buying, and yet the reverse was not true. (Never mind… Read More »Tariffs won’t make the Big Two great again
All the Baojuns are now up on Autocade. Since SAIC, GM and Wuling (a venture abbreviated to SGMW) created the marque in 2010, things have been rocky, though it wasn’t always so. Initially this was the parts’ bin brand: budget-priced cars which served as bases for Wuling, Chevrolet and even MG cars outside China. They… Read More »The three lives of Baojun (so far)
For those who bought Year of Cars 2025, you’ll have seen a table that shows the top 10 in 2003, 2013 and 2023, though the last one was from a different source. There are new figures now based on units sold for 2024, detailed below. Toyota 10·39 million Volkswagen 8·48 million Hyundai 6·82 million Renault… Read More »Top 10 car makers by sales, 2024
